"KELLY — In this city, April 18, 1945, James William, dearly beloved husband of Maude G. Kelly; loving father of Lt. James W. Kelly, Jr., U.S. A., and Audrey C. and Ruth W. Kelly; beloved son of Sara and the late James T. Kelly, of St. Louis, Mo.; a native of St. Louis, Mo., aged 45 years. The funeral will take place Wednesday, April 23, at 9 a.m. from the memorial chapels of Carew & English, Masonic at Golden Gate Ave.; thence to St. Ignatius Church, Fulton St. at Parker Ave., where a solemn requiem Mass will be offered for the repose of his soul, commencing at 9:30 a.m. Interment, Golden Gate National Cemetery." (The San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco, Calif., 21 April 1945, p. 11
He worked many jobs, but his last was working ship-to-shore communications with Pacific Telephone at 140 New Montgomery in San Francisco where this photo was taken. He had a heart attack and died on the job. My father rarely talked about his father. He died while my dad was a young soldier stationed in the Aleutian Islands in WWII, leaving my father to care for his mother and two sisters. When I left the Army, my dad helped me get a job with Pacific Bell, and only then did he tell me the story of how his father worked for the phone company, first in Eureka with the line crew, but after an accident with a pole, he transferred to a desk job in San Francisco. He also told me of all his 10 children.
"KELLY — In this city, April 18, 1945, James William, dearly beloved husband of Maude G. Kelly; loving father of Lt. James W. Kelly, Jr., U.S. A., and Audrey C. and Ruth W. Kelly; beloved son of Sara and the late James T. Kelly, of St. Louis, Mo.; a native of St. Louis, Mo., aged 45 years. The funeral will take place Wednesday, April 23, at 9 a.m. from the memorial chapels of Carew & English, Masonic at Golden Gate Ave.; thence to St. Ignatius Church, Fulton St. at Parker Ave., where a solemn requiem Mass will be offered for the repose of his soul, commencing at 9:30 a.m. Interment, Golden Gate National Cemetery." (The San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco, Calif., 21 April 1945, p. 11
He worked many jobs, but his last was working ship-to-shore communications with Pacific Telephone at 140 New Montgomery in San Francisco where this photo was taken. He had a heart attack and died on the job. My father rarely talked about his father. He died while my dad was a young soldier stationed in the Aleutian Islands in WWII, leaving my father to care for his mother and two sisters. When I left the Army, my dad helped me get a job with Pacific Bell, and only then did he tell me the story of how his father worked for the phone company, first in Eureka with the line crew, but after an accident with a pole, he transferred to a desk job in San Francisco. He also told me of all his 10 children.
Family Members
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Eugene Joseph "Gene" Kelly
1895–1975
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Sr M. Jamesetta nee Mary Catharine Kelly
1897–1987
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John Rudolph "Jack" Kelly
1901–1991
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Helen Marie Kelly
1903–1905
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Richard Francis Kelly
1906–1961
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Ambrose Deppen "Amby" Kelly
1907–1987
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Vincent Ignatius "Vince/Pawp" Kelly
1911–1976
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Robert Breen "Bobby" Kelly
1916–1928
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Jane Aquin Kelly
1918–1918
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